Senate Democrats look to close judicial confirmation gap
Source: Roll Call
Posted April 8, 2024 at 5:00am
Senate Democrats have teed up floor action this week on three more of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominations, whose confirmations would catch up to the pace set by former President Donald Trump at this point in his presidency.
But the Biden administration still faces a tricky confirmation process to surpass Trump’s record overall on filling the federal bench, in part because Democrats hold a slim 51-49 advantage and Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., has put a caveat on his support for Biden judicial nominees.
Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., readied three district court nominees for procedural floor votes as early as Monday. If the Senate confirms three more nominees, Biden will have matched Trump at this point with 193 lifetime judicial confirmations, according to tracking from groups Alliance For Justice and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.
Biden needs to secure 44 lifetime judicial confirmations in the roughly nine months left in his term to match the 234 such confirmations of Trump appointees. Biden has made 23 such nominations that are in the Senate confirmation process.
Read more: https://rollcall.com/2024/04/08/senate-democrats-look-to-close-judicial-confirmation-gap/
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